Benjamin Hewitt Jr
Lifespan: 1688 - 1761
Birth: 10 Aug 1688 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Occupation: Farmer
Marriage: Ann Palmer
Children: Kesiah, Walter, Nathan, Gershom, Benjamin, Abiah, Olive, Edmund, Jabish, Content
Parents: Benjamin Hewitt Sr. & Marie Fanning
Death: 12 May 1761 in Stonington, Connecticut
Burial: Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA
Chapter 1: Early Life and Family Ties (1684–1707)
A Puritan Beginning
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